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unroast

verb

Etymology

From un- + roast.

  1. derived from rost
  2. derived from roste
  3. derived from *Hrews-✻ — “to crackle; roast”
  4. derived from *raustijaną✻ — “to roast”
  5. derived from *rōstijan✻ — “to roast, broil”
  6. derived from rostir — “to roast, to torture with fire”
  7. inherited from rosten
  8. prefixed as unroast — “un + roast”

Definitions

  1. Hypothetically, to undo the roasting of

    Hypothetically, to undo the roasting of; to uncook.

    • As a matter of fact, a standard joke in the coffee industry during October-November was that anyone could make a fortune if he could discover a means of "unroasting" coffee […]
    • The interpreter told us that the boy who had been turning the spit first had hit his successor because the latter was turning it backwards, and would unroast the chickens.

  2. Among raw food enthusiasts

    Among raw food enthusiasts: To process (vegetables) in a dehydrator, as an alternative to roasting them.

    • Unroasting vegetables in the dehydrator softens them, allowing their flavors to intensify and become almost sweet. Almost any vegetable takes well to unroasting. Try diagonally cut carrots, green beans, halved Brussels sprouts, […]
    • I also use it for sprouting wild rice, quinoa, and unroasting vegetables, and it's great for melding flavors when you make a lasagna or veggie burgers.

  3. Not roasted.

    • […] inasmuch as they disobey even the very law under which they place themselves; which expressly forbids the eating of flesh (unroast), and the drinking of blood, […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA